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Illawarra · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1953

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An Election Comment (To the Editor)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 19

Sir, — In his letter to your newspaper Mr. Box refers to the Russian plan. He should have said the Communist plan. Mr…

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Welcome For A.L.P. Candidate

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 1

A warm welcome was given to Mr. Claude Allen, the selected and endorsed Labor candidate for the Federal seat of Macarthur when Kiama…

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Corrimal News Corrimal Public School Election

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 7

Pupils of the Corrimal Public School conducted an election for school captains on the same lines as a parliamentary election with…

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By-election

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 2

LONDON, Thurs.—tabor held the Hayes and Harlington, Middlesex, by-election yesterday with a majority…

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Election Truce

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 3

CAPETOWN, Fri.—An Easter truce has settled over the South African election campaign with both…

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Menzies, Evatt On Elections Crucial To Thinking People MENZIES

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tues.—The Senate elections were described by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) today, as "crucial and historic."…

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Queen to Open N.z. Parliament

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

WELLINGTON, N. Z., Wed.—Queen Elizabeth will open a special short session of the New Zealand…

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Women's Hockey Election

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1953 · page 13

At the annual meeting of the Rovers Women's Hockey Club, the following office-bearers were…

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Traders May Contest L.G. Election

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 2

At a general meeting of the Wollongong Traders' Association last night a proposal to investigate the possibility, of running candidates for the next Local…

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Attacks Govt. On Election Promises

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 7

The Menzies-Fadden Government failed to carry out its electoral promises of reducing all forms of taxation, increasing the purchasing power…

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Traders May Sponsor Municipal Candidates

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 1

Wollongong Traders Association at its meeting on Tuesday night discussed the question of sponsoring candidates at the Greater Wollongong Council elections next December…

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Election Tempo Increases Fadden "Socialisation Labor's Aim"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 10

MACKAY, Thurs.— Dr. Evatt's statement that socialism was a dead issue were designed to lull…

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Informal Senate Votes Can Lose Elections

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 3

Informal senate votes at the last Federal Elections totalled nearly 11 per cent and a repetition of this next month could mean Labor losing the Senate election, it was stated at Wollongong last Wednesday night…

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Govt. Kept Election Promise on Tax, Fadden Says

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 10

TOWNSVILLE, Mon.—The Feder[?] Government had followed its 1949 pr[?]mise of taxation to the letter, the Federal Treasurer (Sir Arthur Fadden)…

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Postal Voting in Senate Elections

Kiama Independent · Saturday 25 April 1953 · page 2

Electors entitled to vote by post at the forthcoming Senate elections are those who on polling day will be outside the State for which they…

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Fowles On Senate Election Prospect

Kiama Independent · Saturday 25 April 1953 · page 5

An address on the importance of the coming senate elections was given to Kiama A.L.P. when they held their meeting on Tuesday by…

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Solicitor General Sees 'Contempt of Parliament'

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.—The State Full Court would commit contempt of Parliament if it upheld the Country Party's challenge to the two-for-one…

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Statement on Senate Election

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 8

Electors who, because of the prescribed reasons, are unable to attend a polling booth on Saturday to register a vote in…

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Pandemonium in Persian Parliament

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 2

TEHERAN, Mon.—The Persian Majlis (Parliament) broke up in pandemonium yesterday five…

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Thirroul Polling Booth (To the Editor)

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 3

Sir,—Through your valuable paper and on behalf of the people of Thirroul [?] wish to make an emphatic…

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